TUNES

http://rcsullivan.com/tunes/

           Performances by

       

      Roy F. Sullivan (above...sitting-in at Bernard's of Ridgefield, CT; Thanksgiving 2013)

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My CT studio: Yamaha Montage 8; Yamaha XF 8; Yahama ES rack; Roland R8 drum synth; Roland PK 25 bass pedals; Akai MPK 225 controller kbd; Alesis RA 150 amp; Realistic Mach 2 monitors with 15" woofers; Beyer DT 1770 monitor headset; Tascam Model 24 Mixer / multitrack record/pb.

WELCOME:

With the encouragement of family and friends, I have begun to document some of my jazz keyboard peregrinations. The table below provides access to my recent synthesized opera which have been posted for exposure and review on either the Yamaha Motifator Mo’ Songs Forum or the All About Jazz website.

TECHNICALIA:

Except for post #1, all instruments, tracks and songs were performed by me using a Yamaha Motif ES8 as sole keyboard controller. Where indicated in the description, found in the initial post in the “Comment(s)” link,  external voice generators or controllers may include: Korg T3, Yamaha Dx7 w/ E! modification; Roland R-8; Roland PK-5 or PK-25 Bass Pedals. Multi-track sequencing was done in the ES8. All tracks are uninterrupted start-to-finish performances and are UNEDITED. This means that I did not, post-hoc, edit out or correct clams (wrong notes), percussion mis-hits, double notes on single note instruments and timing errors (caveat auditor!).

For selections 4 and higher, analog audio output was mixed and A/D-converted via an Echo Indigo stereo I/O PCMCIA card to my Sony Vaio laptop, captured in Sonar Studio 3.1 and converted to .mp3 format using the Fraunhoff Gesellschaft  converter. Numbers 1-3 predated my acquisition of the Echo/Indigo card. Selection 1 was done in one, non-sequenced pass with right hand on the Dx7 (guitar), left hand on the ES8 (grand) and left foot on the R-8/PK-5 (bass).

After a six year hiatus in my solopsistic,  multi-track keyboard-based improvisational recordings,  I am very pleased to resurface, embarking with pride on a new venture  in the musical company of my son, Evan, an accomplished TV news director by career and a growing, talented percussionist by second avocation (his alternative avocation being minerology.) On tracks 76 and ff., I am  currently using  Yamaha  Montage 8 and Yahama FX 8  keyboards with Roland PK-25 bass pedals driving an acoustic bass patch from a Yamaha ES Rack synth alternatively linked to an Akai MPK 225 velocity-sensitive keyboard controller. There is also a Roland PK-8 drum synth. Evan is playing a Yamaha DTX562K digital drum set. Tracks 76-78 were pre-mixed and recorded, unedited,  in one pass via a single stereo USB channel using Audacity.  More to follow...

Constructive comments are welcomed: tunes@rcsullivan.com

 

 

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TITLE

(Click  to play)

 

GENRE

 

PLAY TIME

 

DATE  RECORDED

 

.MP3 FILE SIZE

 

 

  

 

 

 

1

Sunny tree limbs

Jazz (“trio” )

1:54

01/18/2004 

1,787kb

2

JorDon't

Jazz(trio)

1:14

01/25/2004

1,163kb

3

Way Deep

Jazz (quartet)

1:10

01/25/2004 

1.103kb

4

Homage a Legend

Jazz(big band)

2:29

02/07/2004 

2,334kb

5

Forget month 4

Jazz ( trio w/ strings )

0:54

02/08/2004

884kb

6

Platonic

Jazz (trio w/ strings)

1:34

02/09/2004

1,437kb

7

Mah sweetie don't like no Hammond beethree blues

Jazz (B3 trio)

1:29

02/13/2004

1,397kb

8

For Carol: Happy Anniversary

Jazz (trio w/ strings)

2:48

02/14/2004

2,639kb

9

So Watt

Jazz( quartet)

2:27

02/16/2004 

2,302kb

10

Elegy: He Booked!

Jazz (trio)

3:38

02/28/2004 

3,416kb

11

Fanfarria y Pinata

Afro-Cuban band

1:04

02/29/2004

1,003kb

12

Homage a M. Jake Hugh

Jazz (quartet)

4:04

03/07/2004

3,815kb

13

Bootyn Sole

Jazz(quartet)

3:54

03/21/2004 

3,667kb

14

Katy Walks ©

Baion

2:50

07/04/2004

2,725kb

15

Off Purple Porpoise Place

Jazz (trio)

3:40

09/24/2004

3,440kb

16

GRYMG / English Carol

Jazz (Scat)

2:49

10/05/2004

2,719kb

17

Blue Sex Periment

Jazz (quartet)

1:44

10/10/04

1,631kb

18

Contemplating the Peach State

Jazz (B3 trio)

2:32

10/16/04

2,391kb

19

Rheum in Asian

Jazz (Chromatic)

1:47

10/24/04

1,838kb

20

Lite fm-snippets, standards, strings

Jazz Lite

6:00

12/13/04

5,763 kb

21

Justin Thyme

Jazz (quartet)

1:24

03/13/05

1,290 kb

22

Db diminished ruminations

Jazz (trio)

2:31

03/20/05

2,300kb

23

Che cosa e questa cosa denominata amore?

Jazz (trio)

2:35

04/10/05

2370kb

24

Ad hoc, Senor Wences

Latin Jazz Band

1:32

05/01/05

1450kb

25

D _ _n, They Took it Anyway

Jazz (trio)

2:29

06/19/05

2280kb

26

Silver Changes

Jazz (trio)

2:31

07/17/05

2380kb

27

In the Mode

Jazz (trio)

2:10

09/20/05

2032kb

28

Yo' Cool

Jazz (quartet)

1:34

10/04/05

1508kb

29

I Guess It's No 0ne

 

1:40

10/17/05

1577kb

30

Tom Cerebrates

Jazz (sextet)

5:52

10/29/05

5503kb

31

Approximation to  Amativeness

 

2:38

11/06/05

2319kb

32

Poupee Satine Deux

Jazz (organ qt)

4:00

11/06/05

3753kb

33

Tschuss Schartzvogel

Jazz (quintet)

6:28

11/12/05

5314kb 

34

GRYMG

Vocalese

2:49

10/03/04

2656kb 

35

Reflections on Achromatic Yule

Jazz(trio)

6:05

12/04/05

5731kb 

36

Yule Tune

 

4:50

12/10/05

4539kb

37

Home 4 12 12

Jazz (trio)

2:54

12/12/05

2733kb

38

Olive Hue

Jazz (trio)

2:34

01/09/06

2417kb

39

BHOTR

Jazz (trio)

4:06

01/14/06

3853kb

40

Stella's Cat

Vocalese

3:43

03/06/06

3497kb

41

De Poca Quantia Beso

Guitar/Latin Conjunto

 

08/04/06

3373kb

42

Diurnal Speed Limit

Kdb+perc

1:18

08/13/06

1232kb

43

Minute Bossa

 

1:27

08/13/06

1414kb

44

Way Deep Too

 

3:48

03/24/07

3.6mb 

45

Le Schleiff

 

4:25

04/07/07

4.1mb 

46

Faux Hindi

Ersatz raga

1:29

04/07/07

1.4mb

47

What Thin Glove?

 

3:12

04/07/07

3.0mb

48

Sklrk

 

4:27

04/23/07

4.2mb

49

Brainfahrt

trio

1:14

04/29/07

1.2mb

50

Fugue It II

 

2:13

05/06/07

2.1mb

51

Chegidout

Jazz (big band)

2:19

05/13/07

2.2mb

52

Muy Poquito

Latin (big band)

0:20

06/03/07

452 kb

53

Breathless VLues

 

4:52

08/26/07

2.4mb

54

Breathy Nearness

 

3:55

08/26/07

3.7mb

55

Shaker not Stirrer

 

2:56

09/09/07

2.8mb

56

Doble Mi

 

7:21

10/13/07

5.2mb

57

What Goes Around...

7:01

11/04/07

5.8mb

58

Minute Scalping

 

0:54

11/04/07

.85mb

59

Premature Fall

 

3:55

11/11/07

3.7mb

60

Cole and Oscar P.

Rock

1:08

11/17/07

1.0mb

61

Sunny II

 

6:23

11/18/07

4.5mb

62

HYAMLC

 Acoustic Guitar, Sax, Kbd Strings

3:55

12/09/07

3.6mb

63

Rainshine

Piano / Bass

6:18

10/10/08

5.8mb

64

New Kid

Solo Piano

4:14

2/12/09

3.9mb

65

Things I

Piano trio

1:12

2/12/09

1.1mb

66

Things II

Piano trio

1:39

2/12/09

1.5mb

67

Anjerteen

Hot Club quintette

1:36

2/12/09

1.5mb

68

Nudder Woids

Piano Duo

2:20

2/28/09

2.2mb

69

VintrVundr

Piano Quartet

3:42

12/21/09

3.5mB

70

Wii III

Quartet Quickee

1:48

1/3/10

1.7mB

71

Sono Vecchio

Quartet

3:09

7/9/10

2.9mB

72

Subjumptive Claus

Quartet

3:11

1/3/11

3.0mb

73

Amativeness Suppressed

Quartet Quickee

1:03

8/8/2011

1mb

74

Verklempt

Trio 

6:05

8/28/11

5.7mb

75

O Tannenbaum

Quartet

4:45

12/18/11

4.4mb

76

Samba monotone

Dad/Roy: Keys,Flute,Bass  Son/Evan: Drums

3:34

7/29/17

3.3mb

77

Off Purple Porpoise Place II

Dad/Roy: Keys,Flute,Bass  Son/Evan: Drums

1:57

7/29/17

1.8mb

78

8 Bar Riff

Dad/Roy: Keys,Guitar,Bass Son/Evan: Drums

2:26

7/29/17

2.2mb